Senses Fail have released a new song off of their upcoming album, If There Is Light, It Will Find You. The track is called, “New Jersey Makes, The World Takes” and it is all about the nasty grip that addiction can have on some, particularly with Nielsen’s own experiences. On the subject, Nielsen says:

Over the years, I have lost a number of friends to drug addiction,” says Nielsen, the remaining original member in the band’s 16-year history. “This song addresses those losses and how I have tried to intervene in people’s addictions over the years. As someone who has battled addiction, I know that the change has to come from within. While support and resources are very important, it is ultimately a decision that is on the person who is battling. So many of us in this country have a friend or loved one who has lost their battle, and I thought it was important to highlight that struggle.

This is reflective of the tone and sounds in this song and is an important theme to the album overall in an effort to keep things “real” and down to earth-relatable.

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So a while back, I tossed around the idea of writing what was basically a think piece about how there continue to be loads of awesome bands with a variety of interesting influences emerging every year, but for the old guys who grew up on early 80s hardcore, there didn't seem to be anything new to sink our teeth into. But think pieces are dreadful, so I didn't write it. Also, turns out, I would have been wrong!
Enter: School Drugs. Hailing from the Jersey Shore, the quartet are hard, fast, angry and aggressive, a byproduct of a knee-jerk educational system that seems hellbent on medicating a generation of school children. It's like if Bad Brains or Black Flag grew up hooked on Ritalin. Check out their latest, razor-sharp EP Relative Sufferinghere!